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VA - Ordinance passed in Reidsville to prohibit sex offenders from public recreation facilities, areas

Posted on January 15, 2009
View the article here 01/14/2009 By Miranda Baines The Reidsville City Council has unanimously passed an ordinance prohibiting registered sex offenders from city recreational facilities, public parks and greenway trails. The new city ordinance, which passed Tuesday, will be enforced in conjunction with a state law, ?Sex Offender Unlawfully on Premises...

CA - Calif. sex offender's law questioned

Posted on January 15, 2009
View the article here 01/14/2009 LOS ANGELES (UPI) -- A movement is afoot to revise "Jessica's Law," with some officials saying the California law limiting where sex offenders can live is counterproductive. The Los Angeles Times reported Wednesday that a state board has found that the restrictions on where released sex offenders can live has left many of them homeless and more likely to return to a life of crime...

AU - Police at scene of suspicious death

Posted on January 15, 2009
View the article here 01/15/2009 By KATE HEDLEY POLICE are at the scene of what they are saying is a ?suspicious death? on the corner of Ward Street and France Street in Mandurah. A 68-year-old man was found dead in his house this morning...

WI - Mayor accused of attempted child sex assault

Posted on January 15, 2009
View the article here 01/14/2009 Racine Mayor Gary Becker also faces charges of possessing child porn MADISON - State agents arrested the mayor of this southeastern Wisconsin city and planned to charge him with child pornography, attempted sexual assault and other counts, authorities said Wednesday...

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MA - Former Official Criticizes Sex Offender Registry Board

Posted on January 15, 2009
View the article here There is a video at the site, but it doesn't seem to be working. Wonder if that is intentional? 01/15/2009 Says Delays, Interference Are Violating People's Rights BOSTON -- An insider at the Massachusetts Sex Offender Registry Board claims the process of deciding which sex offenders are the most dangerous to the public has been seriously compromised by politics and mismanagement...

GA - State Adding Info to Sex Offender Website

Posted on January 15, 2009
View the article here 01/15/2009 By Evan Pinsonnault Georgia's online sex offender registry may soon have more detailed information on offenders and their crimes. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, the state has until July to comply with the Adam Walsh Act, a 2006 federal law intended to crack down on the number of sex offenders nationwide...

OFF TOPIC - Henry Waxman on HR 1955

Posted on January 15, 2009
More about HR-1955 here This is how most bills get passed. They read the title, and sign it, without reading the ENTIRE bill. At a town hall meeting in Los Angeles, US Congressman Henry Waxman admitted he hadn't read HR 1955 before he signed it...

Internet security task force downplays online threats to children; critics blast report

Posted on January 15, 2009
View the article here Related Articles Of course they are going to blast the report, they have a lot of reputation to uphold, and they don't want to look bad to the sheeple. And even with the very team they hired, they still insist the report is wrong...

NY - Ulster County predator law could force state to follow suit, lawmaker says

Posted on January 15, 2009
View the article here New York State Laws (Tons of laws!) 01/15/2009 By PATRICIA DOXSEY - Freeman staff KINGSTON ? Ulster County Legislator Glenn Noonan (Email) hopes a proposed law limiting where registered sex offenders can live within the county will prod state lawmakers to impose statewide residency restrictions on sex offenders...

NY - Jail time unlikely for ex-cop in sex case

Posted on January 15, 2009
View the article here Related Article He has sex with a minor, and will not spend time behind bars? Yep, the "Good Ole' Boys" network at work! So much for holding people in authority positions to a higher standard, this is less. If the average citizen did the same, they'd be in prison for a long time...

Child Porn Laws Used Against Kids Who Photograph Themselves

Posted on January 15, 2009
View the article here 01/15/2009 By Kim Zetter Privacy advocates say prosecutors are misusing child pornography laws by turning them against the very people they are meant to protect. The accusation comes following a raft of recent child pornography cases against juveniles accused of photographing themselves in the nude...

NY - Former guard to be sentenced for sex with inmate

Posted on January 15, 2009
View the article here 01/15/2009 NEW HAVEN - A former guard at the federal prison in Danbury is set to be sentenced for having sex with a female inmate and plotting with her to kill his wife. Michael Rudkin of Brewster, N.Y., is scheduled to appear in federal court in New Haven Thursday afternoon...

WA - Teacher-student sex ban doesn't always apply, appeals court rules

Posted on January 15, 2009
View the article here View the opinion here (PDF) 01/14/2009 By Mike Carter - Seattle Times staff reporter State law does not ban teachers from having sex with 18-year-old students, according to a ruling by a unanimous panel of appellate judges...

AK - Assailant attacks lottery winner, convicted sex offender

Posted on January 14, 2009
View the article here 01/13/2009 By Mike Ross ANCHORAGE - The winner of a recent lottery was beaten with a tire iron or a metal pipe by a stranger Tuesday, according to the Anchorage Police Department. _____, 53, is also a convicted sex offender...

MO - Woman from Nemo loses appeal for killing ex-boyfriend

Posted on January 14, 2009
View the article here 01/13/2009 By Gene Hartley, KY3 News JEFFERSON CITY -- The Missouri Supreme Court upheld the conviction of a woman from Hickory County who killed an ex-boyfriend at her home eight years ago. This is the second time that the state's highest court considered Jamie Avery's conviction...

OFF TOPIC - Police brutality video, officer repeatedly stamps on suspects back

Posted on January 14, 2009
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PA - Teens Busted for "Sexting"

Posted on January 14, 2009
View the article here 01/14/2009 This disturbing trend continues to gain popularity. Three teenage girls who allegedly sent nude or semi-nude cell phone pictures of themselves, and three male classmates in a western Pennsylvania high school who received them, are charged with child pornography...

OFF TOPIC - Sky Angel Cowboy

Posted on January 14, 2009
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OFF TOPIC - Re-Writing History

Posted on January 14, 2009
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MA - Level 3 Sex Offender Wins Big In Lottery

Posted on January 14, 2009
View the article here Wow, it seems like a lot of RSO's are winning the Lottery. It would be nice if they helped donate some money to get these draconian laws repealed! 01/14/2009 A convicted Level 3 sex offender has won $10 million in the Massachusetts State Lottery...

PA - Perkasie debates sex-offender rules

Posted on January 14, 2009
View the article here So now, instead of the sheriff doing his job, he is making laws? 01/14/2009 By Emily Morris In response to similar ordinances in nearby municipalities, Perkasie Borough Council has started discussions on the creation of an ordinance that would limit where sex offenders could live in the borough...

GA - Decoding stupid law

Posted on January 14, 2009
View the article here I have downloaded the Georgia SOR from the web site, and this is what I have found. 16,513 total sex offenders, 3,144 incarcerated, 103 predators, 459 absconded. So that leaves 12,807 sex offenders who are being punished the same as the 103 true predators, or those deemed as such by someone...

CA - There's no evidence Jessica's Law works, California officials say

Posted on January 14, 2009
View the article here California Sexual Offender Management Board Review (PDF) 01/14/2009 By Michael Rothfeld A state board says tight residency limits on sex offenders have driven many to homelessness, which could propel them back into crime...

KY - Bill would further restrict sex offenders

Posted on January 14, 2009
View the article here More of the same sound bites, and BS statistics from another uninformed person, trying to make a name for themselves, while riding the backs of sex offenders. 01/14/2009 By Karla Ward A bill filed in the state legislature would further restrict areas where registered sex offenders can live...

Enhancing Child Safety and Online Technologies

Posted on January 13, 2009
View the article here Videos references in this article, are at the end. The following materials are products of the Task Force's year of activities. Quarterly Reports First Report to Attorneys General Second Report to Attorneys General Third Report to Attorneys General Fourth Report to Attorneys General Research Advisory Board Presentations Teens Online: Stranger Contact and Cyberbullying: What the research is telling us (April 30, 2008) Amanda Lenhart, Pew Internet &...

AK - Lottery winner attacked downtown

Posted on January 13, 2009
View the article here Related Article Here 01/13/2009 By JAMES HALPIN The man who won the state's first half-million dollar lottery was attacked on a downtown street this afternoon with a tire iron or metal pipe, according to Anchorage police...

Net threat to minors less than feared

Posted on January 13, 2009
View the article here Archived Files See info at the bottom, for the links from the report, and here is the full pdf. 01/13/2009 By Larry Magid A long awaited report from the Internet Safety Technical Task Force concludes that children and teens are less vulnerable to sexual predation than many have feared...

NC - Suspect cut off electronic monitor to avoid going back to jail

Posted on January 13, 2009
View the article here More proof that GPS is a waste of tax payer money, and will do absolutely nothing to prevent a crime. If a person is intent on committing a crime, they will just cut it off, commit the crime, then vanish. Just like this man has done...

Report Calls Online Threats to Children Overblown

Posted on January 13, 2009
View the article here Another Article Full Report Archived Files NOTE: They modified the article, after I captured it here, so the link above, shows a slightly different report. I wonder why NYTimes changed the article after it was published? Leave me wondering! More studies, articles and videos here, to also prove this point! And I've been saying this myself for awhile, that it was nothing but a moral panic, and they confirm that...

CA - Panel: Take another look at sex offender restrictions

Posted on January 13, 2009
View the article here They love to waste tax payer money, it's not their money, on BS laws they make and pass without even investigating them, or reviewing the studies, or listening to anybody. They are all high and mighty, and know more than anybody else...

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